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Materials for Nuclear Power Workshop |
By Todd Osman, TMS Technical Director
Posted Date: 7/2/2008
 There is a looming workforce crisis in the energy industries. For the nuclear power industry, there is a three-decade gap in workforce development (click here for data1), creating a critical need for the industry to recruit and train the next generation of engineers and operators that will enable the nuclear renaissance.
The materials community is integral for the future of nuclear power. Increased reliability of current nuclear components and the construction of the next generation of nuclear reactors depend on advancements in materials knowledge. New alloys, improved predictive models, and new component quality specifications are also needed.
As a result, the Materials for Nuclear Power Workshop will be held on October 5, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as part of the Materials Science & Technology 2008 (MS&T '08) conference. This workshop, which is supported by Westinghouse Electric Company, First Energy Corporation, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Community Economic Development, TMS, and the American Ceramic Society, will introduce the critical role materials play in the nuclear power industry, covering the fundamentals of radiation materials science and real-world reactor issues.
Planned topics include:
- Materials for Nuclear Power
- Material Degradation in Nuclear Reactors
- Materials and Nuclear Waste
- Materials and Next Generation Nuclear Reactors
- Extending the Life of Current Reactors: The "Life After 60" Initiative
- Utility Company Perspectives: Materials and Nuclear Reactor Operations
Instructors for the workshop are:
- Todd Allen, University of Wisconsin
- Gary Was, University of Michigan
- John E. Marra, Savannah River National Laboratory
- Mike Burke, Westinghouse Electric Company
- Randy Lott, Westinghouse Electric Company
- Dennis Weakland, First Energy Corporation
In addition to the workshop, several symposia related to materials issues in nuclear development are planned as part of MS&T '08:
- Frontiers in Materials Science: Closing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
- Nanoscale Design of Materials for Extreme Radiation Environments
- Ceramics and Glass for Waste Minimization, Stabilization, and Disposition
- Energy Materials
Please visit the MS&T '08 website (www.matscitech.org) for more information on the conference and how to register.
Reference
1. K. Kern, "Coping with Competing Energy Strategy Directions," Energy Workshop, National Research Center for Coal and Energy, Morgantown, West Virginia, April 9–10, 2008.
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